So last school year (2013-2014) the little readers (3-5 year olds) began asking me about superhero books. In our EC-K library we don't really have those books and we hadn't really thought about getting any but thanks to Marvel and their ever growing list of superhero movies (yay for more!!!!) we had to get them.Therefore my epic search began and I found some brilliant books!

I thought they were the most adorable thing ever and I thought I had gone a bit overboard with the order, but I was definitely not prepared for the success the books were going to have!

Here are some stats for you to realize how crazy this is, please keep in mind this are 3 to 5 year olds we're talking about!

Excuse the crappy photo, but it's the only one I have of most the books together!

As you can see we have 21 superhero books. One of our copies from our most popular title (Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus) has been checked out 16 times in the past 3 months and out of this 21 superhero books the most popular one ( Superman fights for truth!) was checked out 22 times!! I know there's no science going on here but when a book is checked out 22 times by 3 to 5 year olds in 3 months I am impressed!

Now the question on every kid's mouth is "Ms. Tina, I want superhero books, where are they?". Since what they normally find when looking for books is this...an empty bookshelf.

So once again the search for superhero books began and I found this excellent post by Geekmom about some board books and harcover/paperback books for the kiddos to enjoy. We have some of the ones she mentions, like Superman Fights For Truth and Superman To The Rescue.

Source: http://geekmom.com/2014/09/dc-comics-board-books/

But not the Batman or Superwoman ones, so I got those plus quite a few from the Super DC Heroes Collection. You can find the entire list of titles here.

Now if you would like to know which superhero movies are coming out/have already come out, this infographic is your friend. As a school librarian this list is awesome since it shows me what books I need to be on the lookout for and as a fan, it shows what movies to get excited about!